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6.07- The Last King of France

Revolutions

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Orleans With the Crown Being Tolen Out From Under Him

King charles the tenth was at versailles trying to figure out a way to steal it back. The forces under his command had mostly mutinied out from under him, he says. Wopsi daisy: By abdicating in favor of his grandson, there was some hope that lieutenant general orleans would be forced to recognize the legitimacy of his young cousin and the crown would be kept in the bourbon family.

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